Yida Bao is an Assistant Professor at the Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Stout, with research focused on Hopfield Neural Networks and innovative algorithms. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Shanghai University, and his M.S. in Data Science, M.S. in Probability & Statistics, and Ph.D. in Mathematics from Auburn University. His areas of expertise include Data Science, Machine Learning, Mathematical Modeling, Quantitative Finance, and Hopfield Neural Networks.